Detachable sliding hanger for spring beds



Feb. 7, 1925. 1,526,415

- w. B. FOSTER DETACHABLE SLLDING HANGER FOR SPRING BEDS Filed Aug. 30 1924 Patented Feb. 17, 1,325.

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WILLIAM B. rosrna, or cries, QNEWVYOBK, ASSIGNOR To'ros'rnn nno'r'nnns MANU- FAGTUZBING COMPANY, or name, new YORK, a CORPORATION.

DETAGHABLE SLIDING HANGER FOR SPRING BEDS.

Application filed August so, 1924. Serial No. 735,175.

" willena'ble others skilled i'nthe an to which it pipert ins to make and use the same, referei'icebe'mg had to the accompanying drawings, and to the reference numerals marked the'reon which form part of this specification. V i

Myfpresent invention relates to devices usually called hangers which are used to hang or 'suspenda bedspring within a bedstead The purpose of my; inventionis to provide an improved device of this sortand one which is simple in construction and operation and economical in production.

A further purpose is to provide a bedspring hangerwhich is readily removable or attachable as the bedspring and further tohave said hangers slidingl'y mounted upon the bedspring so that they are adjustable to various combinations of sizes of bedsteads and bedsprings.

Another object is to provide such a removable and adjustable bedspring hanger which can be readily formed from a single length of resilient wire or metal rod.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2 a plan view of a hanger embodying my invention illustrated in connection with the adjacent parts of a bedstead and a bedspring frame.

Fig. 3 is an end View of said hanger and adjacent parts as seen from the outer end of the hanger and Fig. 4 is a similar view of the same parts as seen from the inner end of the hanger.

Fig. 5 is an end view of said hanger with the adjacent part of the bedspring frame as seen from the inner end of the hanger but with the hanger struck apart at its inner end as is done for assembling the hanger upon the bedspring or removing it therefrom.

In the drawings the bedstead is represented by an angle bar 8 which may be either the side bar or the head or foot bar of a bedstead. As shown in the drawings this bedstead bar 8 is illustrated with its horizontalweb above the vertical web but it will be noticed that the hanger herein described is applicable for use when the rail is reversed, that is when the vertical web is above the horizontal web. It will also be seen that the form of my hanger is usable with other forms of bedstead side or head and foot rails. The bedspri'ng frame is formed of the necessary number of cross bars 9 and edge members 10 formed of strips of metal arranged vertically with the bent ends of the cross bars secured in any desired way to the edge members 10. The hanger herein shown is particularly applicable where the cross bars 9 are, simply flat strips of metal arranged vertically but the hanger it will be seen is equally usable with any form of edge member for the bedspring such as an angle bar arranged in any form.

The hanger is formed of a single length of sutiiciently resilient metal of the proper strength such as large wire or small rod. The length of metal is formed into a relatively long open loop with the free ends of the metal at the inner end of the loop and with said loop as seen from above having a rectangular shape.

The outer portion of the hanger forms the bedstead engaging hook 11. This book has two horizontal portions 12 one from each leg of the loop adapted to rest upon the side rail 8. From the outer end of each of these horizontal portions the hook extends downwardly as at portion 13 and is at the lower end thereof connected by a horizontal portion 14, the two portions 13 and the portion l t being at the outside of the side rail and obviously operating to prevent the hanger from sliding inwardl from the rail of the bedstead. From the inner ends of the horizontal portions 12 there extends downwardly the two portions 15 which form arms engaging the inner side of the bedstead member 8 and also lead to the intermediate long horizontal portions 16 which pass below the edge member 10 of the bedspring and are directly engaged by the lower edge of said member 10. From the inner ends of these long arms 16 the metal of each leg of the loop is bent upwardly and towards each other forming the inclined upwardly extending but down wardly opening hooks 17 and 18.

The hangers are readily mounted upon the bed spring frame and particularly upon the cross bars 9 thereof by springing the two long arms 16 of the hangers apart until the normally over-lapping hooks 17 and 18 are separated as shown in Fig. 5; then the inner or hooked ends of the hanger are passed up from below over the cross bar 9 on opposite sides thereof and then the hanger is allowed to spring back to'normal position with its hooks 17 and 18 in over lapping relation; then the hooks17 and 18 will engage the upper edge of the cross bar 9 while the arms 16 will pass below the edge member 10 of the bed spring while the outer portion of the hanger, that is the bedstead engaging hook 11, will rest upon the bedstead side rail 8 and be kept from disengagement therefrom by the parts 13 and 15 on the outer and inner side of said rail re spectively. It will be noticed that this hanger allows a large range of adjustment in that the hangers can be moved somewhat farther in upon the bed spring than is shown in Fig. 1 or may be moved considerably farther out thanis shown in said Figure 1.

These hangers are particularly convenient in that for storage or shipment they can be housed within the outline of the bed spring by simply sliding the hooked ends 17 and 18 farther in upon the cross bar 9 while the bedstead engaging portion 16 will be inside the edge bar 10 with the'parts 12 on opposite sides of the cross bar The portions 13 are long enough to allow the hanger to well over-lap the cross piece 9.

The hangers may be readily detached from the bed spring by any one without the use of special tools by simply raising the hooked ends 17 and 18 above the cross bar 9 and then spreading the arm 16 of the hanger apart until hooks 17 and 18 are clear of each other whereupon the hanger may be moved downwardly with the hooks 17 and 18 passing on opposite sides of the cross piece 9.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a bedstead and abedspring frame having edge members and cross members of hangers formed of lengths of resilient metal rod bent into a long open loop with the sides thereof spaced apart and with the free ends of the rod atthe inner end of the hanger and formed into upwardly-extending downwardly opening hooks normally passing each other over the top of a cross member but adapted to be sprung apart for removal or assembling of the hanger, the outer end of the loop being formed into a downwardly opening hook to engage the bedstead and the intermediate part of the hanger engaging the lower face of the edge member.

2. In a bed, the combination of a bedstead, a bed-spring adapted to be hung within the bedstead and having a frame including edge members and cross bars, and

hangers each having a bedstead-engaging hook at its outer end, two spaced resilient side members extending inwardly therefrom beneath theedge member of the bedspring frame and at the inner end upwardlyeXtending downwardly-opening hooks normally passing each other over the top of a cross bar but adapted to be sprung apart for removal and assembling of the hangers. In witness whereof I have affixed my signature, this 30th day of July, 1924.

V 7 WILLIAM B. FOSTER. 

